Child Sexual Abuse ....A barbaric savagery in Pakistan

Child Sexual Abuse and sexual exploitation are generally obliterated or at least openly abnegated phenomena in Pakistan. Regrettably, these cases rarely elevate in light because most of the time perpetrators are acquaintances, neighbours or relatives of the children.  The number of child abuse cases have been rapidly augmenting  in Pakistan due to absence of proper hindrance and cautionary standards adopted by the government, as well as the parents, Sahil, a non-government organization (NGO) working for children rights, states in there 2010 report.

 In 2009, a total of 2012 reported cases of child sexual abuse were recorded from all over Pakistan , which was 9.4 per cent increase in comparison to 2008. According to the report of the NGO, the number of children who are sexually abused in Pakistan has registered an alarming increase this year. 1216 children were victimized in the first six months of this year. According to Sahil’s report, the facts and figures have been collected from news published in 65 different newspapers of the country.The report said, “We believe that the number of incidents presented in the print media do not represent the total numbers of such incidents in Pakistan-because such issues are taboo and not easily reported.”  The topper province is Punjab which has the highest number of child sexual abuse cases, standing at 62 %, Sindh recorded 28 % cases, Khyber Pakhtunkhawa – 1.5 %, Balochistan – 1% and Azad Kashmir stood at 0.5 %.  Out  of 1,216 cases reported in six months, 331 boys, where as 885 girls had been sexually abused.  The highest number of cases recorded in the category of abduction for sexual purposes for girls, whereas the boys had been mainly abused for sodomy, followed by gang sodomy, abduction for sexual purposes, and attempt of sodomy, among other similar cases. According to the statistics, a total of 2,425 abusers have sexually assaulted 1,216 children.  As per the report,  the most vulnerable age group of children is of 11-15 years, in which almost 25.5 per cent cases took place, followed by 6-10 years, with 16.5 per cent cases. Tragically, the report revealed that 81 % of ‘abusers’ were people known to the victim or their family, whereas the rest of 19 % were strangers. The main reason why this issue is so convoluted to cope with and makes it even more difficult to eliminate. Sexual abuse of children is cloaked in silence and is often pushed into the deep and dark corners of our homes and minds, left unattended and untreated.


 

Whenever I hear about this issue it makes me cringe. I refuse to call those human who are involved in this crime. Their lust and ignorance has made them animals rather beasts.It is so surprising that their own children are also a part of this society and they can be a pray to a beast like them. Besides the state of mind that exists in our society is a very bitter truth and a big shame for us being Muslims.

Child sexual abuse is a matter of grave concern for the society. It  is a global phenomenon and the developed nations had adopted strict measures to protect their children from such incidents. But ingloriously, our government is not interested in taking any serious action in this matter . Unfortunately, there is no ministry of Children in Pakistan. The government should run awareness programs throughout the country specially in rural areas where the cases are more, as part of school curriculum. this will help in many ways.At least an effort could be made and it is not something to be shown any reservation.We need to educate and encourage responsible members of the community to report cases of abuse/neglect and for the authorities to act on this information…we all have a responsibility here…

Government in dilemma......which side the camel will sit!!!!

PPP's government is in a big perplexity at the moment when on one side JUI-F already took its stance to quit the government and on the other side coalition party MQM has given 10 days ultimatum to have the action taken against Sindh Home Minister Zulfiqar Mirza.

President, Asif Ali Zardari in meeting with Delegation of Muttehda Qaumi Movement (MQM) led by Dr.Farooq Sattar at Aiwan-e-Sadr in Islamabad on Monday.

 
Talks between government and Maulana Fazalur Rahman remained unsuccessful. JUI-F has already submitted the application in National Assembly to sit on opposition desks. On the other hand, MQM's delegation led by Dr. Farooq Satar met with PM Gilani on Sunday, Dec 19th and a firm assurance was given by Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and later on by President Zardari on Monday that MQM's reservations would be removed and immediate actions will be taken as per demand. MQM leadership expressed its concern regarding the racist remarks of Zulfiqar Mirza and presented a CD of the speech to President Zardari that had scuppered the coalition of both the parties, even quivering the federal government.

Now, since the ball is in PPP's court, therefore its top leadership will have to decide what significant decisions are to be made to keep the coalitions. Next few days in Pakistani politics are extremely critical. We will have to wait and see that in order to retain majority in the parliament, will PPP abnegate in front of MQM by taking action against Zulfiqar Mriza and by surrendering against JUI-F on the issues or we will witness the biggest horse trading in the history of Pakistani politics.
 
Lets see on which side this camel will sit!!!!!

Hypocrisy on a next level.......

Federal Law Minister Babar Awan

There is no second thought on this issue that normally politicians are hypocrites. Although there are some exemptions but we can count those ones on our fingers.

I was reading an article in Dawn titled as "Incoming foreign aid not being documented".  Our Federal Law Minister Mr. Babar Awan is presenting himself as a confused, pudding headed, muddleheaded fellow who doesn't even know what is he talking about.  On one side, he is confessing the inability of our so called government and on the other hand imposing that the people who are opposing and contradicting RGST are those who do not want to pay taxes.   Now look who is talking, the pot calling the kettle black or should I say that the donkey called the rooster big headed????

At this point I would like to remind Our dearest Federal Minister that you belong to the government who's President, Prime minister, and many of the ministers do not have one single proof of tax payments.  Now I leave it in your hands to decide what piece of advice should be offered to Mr. Awan????????